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Last updated: 2008 August 9.

1899 January 1 Birth of Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa composer. [1] Birth of Lev V Kuleshov Tambov Russia, director/theorist (Po Zakonu). [1] Birth of Raymond Loucheur composer. [1] January 2 Birth of Alexander Tcherepnin Saint Petersburg Russia, composer. [1] Birth of Paul-Henri Spaak Belgium, Premier/Secretary-General of NATO (1957-61). [1] January 5 Birth of Albert van Dalsum Dutch actor/director (Little Rascal). [1] January 6 Birth of Phyllis Haver Douglas Kansas, silent screen actress (What Price Glory). [1] January 7 Birth of Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches). [1] Birth of Kenneth Thomson Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (Broadway Melody, Little Giant). [1] January 8 Birth of Solomon WRD Bandaranaike premier of Ceylon (1956-59). [1] January 9 Birth of Alexander Tcherepnin Saint Petersburg Russia, composer. [1] January 11 Birth of Eva LeGallienne actress/director (Resurrection). [1] January 12 Birth of Paul Hermann Müller in Olten, Switzerland; Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the chemical DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), as an insecticide of significant power. [1] [37] January 14 Birth of Fritz Bayerlein German Lieutenant-General (WWI, Poland, Libya, Saint Louis). [1] January 15 Birth of Goodman Ace radio/TV actor/writer/columnist/humorist (Better of Goodman). [1] January 17 Birth of Al Capone Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging). [1] Birth of Nevil Shute (Norway) London, novelist (On the Beach, Town Like Alice). [1] Birth of Robert Maynard Hutchins US, educator/civil libertarian. [1] Birth of Roel [Martinus F] Houwink Dutch literary (One Man Without Character). [1] January 19 Birth of [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion organist/composer. [1] January 20 Birth of Alexander Tcherepnin composer. [1] Birth of Kenjiro Takayanagi Vice President (JVC). [1] January 22 Birth of Guido Kisch Czech/German/US historian (Jews in medieval Germany). [1] Birth of Martti Haavio [P Mastapää], Finnish linguist/poet. [1] January 23 Birth of Humphrey Bogart actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny, African Queen). [1] Birth of Joseph Nathan Kane historian (Famous Firsts). [1] January 25 Birth of Ace Goodman Kansas City Missouri, comedian (Easy Aces). [1] Birth of Paul-Henri Spaak Belgium, statesman, leader in European integration. [1] January 26 Birth of Wyllis Cooper Pekin Illinois, TV narrator (Volume One). [1] January 27 Birth of Granville English composer. [1] January 28 Birth of Zilner T Randolph jazz trumpeter/arranger. [1] January 30 Birth of Max Theiler English/US microbiologist (Nobel Prize 1951). [1] February 2 Birth of Benny Rubin Boston Massachusetts; actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show). [1] February 3 Birth of Doris Speed actress (Annie-Coronation Street). [1] Birth of Forrest "Red" DeBernardi basketball hall of famer (elected 1961). [1] February 6 Birth of Ramon Novarro [José RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico; actor (Ben Hur). [1] February 7 Birth of Arvid Pelshe Latvian Communist leader, CPSU Politburo member. [1] February 12 Birth of Albert Huybrechts composer. [1] February 14 Birth of John Randall Jr Michigan, historian/philosopher (Western Man). [1] February 15 Birth of Gale Sondergard Litchfield Minnesota, actress (Cat and Canary, Road to Rio). [1] Birth of Georges Auric Lodève France, composer (It Always Rains on Sunday). [1] Birth of Lillian Disney Mrs Walt Disney. [1] February 18 Birth of Sir Arthur Bryant English historian (King Charles II). [1] February 20 Birth of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Long Island New York, railroad tycoon. [1] Birth of Leon Woizikowski Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes). [1] February 22 Birth of Dwight Frye Salina KS; actor (Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein). [1] February 23 Birth of E Langgässer writer. [1] Birth of Erich Kästner Dresden German author (Emil and the Detective). [1] February 24 Birth of Jacob Presser Dutch historian/writer (Down-fall). [1] February 25 Birth of Leo J Weisgerber German linguist. [1] February 27 Birth of Charles H Best Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer of diabetes treatment (Insulin). [1] Birth of Ian Keith Boston Massachusetts; actor (Rochefort-3 Musketeers). [1] Birth of Sulo Nikolai Salonen composer. [1] February 28 Birth of Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking pathologist. [1] March 2 Birth of Pattie Maie Menzies Australian dame. [1] March 3 Birth of Alfred M Gruenther US, commanding general (NATO, 1953-56). [1] Birth of Juri Olescha writer. [1] March 5 Birth of Patrick Hadley composer. [1] March 8 Birth of Eric Linklater Scotland, novelist/poet/historical writer (Blue Swallows). [1] March 10 Birth of Finn Hoffding; composer. [1] March 11 Birth of Frederick IX king of Denmark (1947-72). [1] March 13 Birth of Pancho Vladigerov composer. [1] March 17 Birth of Gloria Swanson Chicago Illinois, actress (Sadie Thompson, Killer Bees). [1] March 18 Birth of Lavrenti Beria chief of Soviet secret police under Stalin. [1] March 25 Birth of Bella Spewack Hungary, playwright (Kiss Me Kate). [1] Birth of Jacques Audiberti French poet (Race of Men). [1] March 26 Birth of James B Connant chemist/college president (Yale). [1] Birth of William Baines composer. [1] March 27 Birth of Gloria Swanson Chicago Illinois, actress (Sadie Thomson, Queen Kelly). [1] March 28 August Anheuser Busch, Jr. is born; brewing magnate and baseball executive (dies 1989). [5] March 30 Birth of Irving Thalberg US producer (MGM). [1] April 3 Birth of Cees Lasseur Dutch actor/owner (Hague Comedy). [1] April 4 Birth of William Brann cricketer (South African batsman vs England 1922-23). [1] April 5 Birth of William Hornby Steer barrister/judge. [1] April 7 Birth of Robert Marcel Casadesus French pianist/composer (Prix Diémer). [1] April 11 Birth of Percy L Julian chemist (drugs for treatment of arthritis). [1] April 13 Birth of Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko composer. [1] Birth of Alfred Moser Butts game inventor (Scrabble). [1] Birth of Alfred Schutz Austrian/US architect/philosopher. [1] April 17 Birth of Vincent Wigglesworth entomologist. [1] April 21 Birth of Clement D'Hooghe composer. [1] Birth of Randall Thompson New York City, New York, composer (Trip to Nahant). [1] April 22 Birth of Martyn Green London; actor (Gilbert and Sullivan, Iceman Cometh). [1] Birth of Vladimir Nabokov Saint Petersburg, novelist. [1] April 23 Birth of Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh Christchurch New Zealand, Kiwi mystery writer (Black Beech and Honeydew). [1] Birth of Vladimir Nabokov Saint Petersburg Russia, novelist (Lolita, Ada). [1] April 26 Birth of Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Decatur Texas; actor (Circus Boy, Hoedown, Country Fair, Blackmail). [1] April 29 Birth of Duke [Edward Kennedy] Ellington in Washington DC; bandleader ("Take the A Train", "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)") (dies 1974). [1] [5] Birth of Karl Yngve Skold composer. [1] Birth of Natalie Talmadge actress (Our Hospitality). [1] April 30 Birth of Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal author (regional novels). [1] Birth of Lucie Mannheim Berlin, actress (East Meets West, 39 Steps). [1] May 1 Birth of Jón Leifs Iceland, composer/conductor. [1] May 3 Birth of Aline MacMahon McKeesport Pennsylvania, actress (Backdoor to Heaven). [1] May 5 Birth of Freeman Gosden Richmond Virginia, radio actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy). [1] May 8 Birth of Friedrich August von Hayek Vienna Austria, author (The Road to Serfdom)/co-recipient of Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1974). [1] Birth of Jan F van Hall Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter. [1] May 9 Birth of Edward Pollock saxophone/clarinet. [1] May 10 Birth of Fred Astaire Omaha Nebraska, tap dancer/actor (Easter Parade, Swingtime). [1] May 17 Birth of Ralf Harolde Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; actor (Framed, Smart Money, Tip-off). [1] May 19 Birth of Leonid Maksimovich Leonov novelist/playwright. [1] May 20 Birth of Estelle Taylor [Boylan] Wilmington Delaware, actress (8 Commandments). [1] Birth of John M Harlan Chicago Illinois, 91st Supreme Court justice (1955-71). [1] May 21 Birth of Ilse Lagner writer. [1] Birth of Ralph Sanford Springfield Massachusetts; actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp). [1] May 24 Birth of Suzanne Lenglen France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times). [1] May 26 Birth of Otto E Neugebauer Austrian/US math historian. [1] Birth of Pieter Menten Dutch war criminal. [1] May 31 Birth of Leonid Leonow writer. [1] June 1 Birth of Werner Janssen New York City, conductor/composer (New Years Eve in New York). [1] June 7 Birth of Elizabeth Bowen Dublin, novelist (The Death of the Heart). [1] June 11 Birth of Yasonari Kawabata Japan, novelist (Thousand Cranes). [1] June 13 Birth of Carlos Chávez Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonía India). [1] June 16 Birth of Nelson Doubleday US, publisher (Doubleday). [1] June 20 Birth of Helen Traubel Saint Louis, Missouri, soprano (or 6/16/1903). [1] Birth of Jean Moulin hero of the French Resistance during WW II. [1] July 1 Birth of Charles Laughton England; actor (Mutiny on the Bounty). [1] July 7 Birth of George Cukor producer/director (Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story). [1] July 11 Birth of E.B. White; writer (Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style). [1] [5] July 17 James Cagney is born. [5] July 21 Birth of Ernest Hemmingway Oak Park, for whom the bell tolled... (Nobel Prize 1954). [1] Birth of Hart Crane US, poet (The Bridge). [1] July 25 Birth of Ralph Dumke Indiana; actor (Movieland Quiz). [1] July 26 Birth of Danton Walker Mariette Georgia, columnist (Broadway Spotlight). [1] July 27 Birth of Harl McDonald near Boulder Colorado, composer (Santa Fé Trail). [1] July 30 Birth of Gerald Moore England, pianist (Am I Too Loud). [1] August 1 Birth of William Steinberg Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71). [1] August 5 Birth of Conrad Aiken US, poet/short story writer/critic (Selected Poems). [1] August 10 Birth of Jack Haley Boston Massachusetts; actor (Ford Star Revue). [1] August 13 Birth of Alfred Hitchcock London, director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window). [1] August 16 Birth of Glenn Strange Weed New Mexico; actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke). [1] August 24 Birth of Jorge Luis Borges Argentina, writer of fiction, essays (Labyrinths). [1] August 27 Birth of C.S. Forester Engl, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower. [1] August 29 Birth of George Macready Providence Rhode Island; actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place). [1] Birth of Lyman L Lemnitzer US Army General (WW II), Chief of Staff, US Army and Nato Commander. [1] September 6 Birth of Billy Rose theatrical producer (Diamond Horse Show). [1] September 9 Birth of Neil Hamilton Lynn Massachusetts; actor (Commisioner Gordon-Batman). [1] September 14 Birth of Hal Wallis movie producer (Maltese Falcon, Barefoot in the Park). [1] In Los Angeles, California, Hugo Benioff is born. [53] September 15 Birth of Milton S Eisenhower Dwight's brother/Pennsylvania State president. [1] September 16 Birth of Hans Swarowsky Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50). [1] September 20 Birth of Elliot Nugent director (And so They were Married). [1] October 2 Birth of Nat Turner famous African. [1] October 3 Birth of Gertrude Berg Harlem New York City, actress (Molly Goldberg-The Goldbergs). [1] October 9 Birth of Bruce Catton civil war historian. [1] October 14 Birth of Alan Washbond US, two-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932). [1] October 19 Birth of Miguel Asturias Guatemala, poet/novelist/diplomat (Nobel Prize 1967). [1] November 11 Birth of Harold "Pie" Traynor baseball hall of fame third baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates). [1] Birth of Pat O'Brien Milwaukee; actor (Knute Rockne, Angels with Dirty Faces). [1] November 16 Birth of Mary Margaret McBride Paris Missouri, radio personality (WOR-AM, New York City). [1] November 18 Birth of Eugene Ormandy (Blau) Budapest, Hungary, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra). [1] November 19 Birth of Allen Tate US, poet (Mr Pope and Other Poems). [1] Birth of Howard Thurman famous African. [1] November 22 Birth of Hoagy Carmichael Bloomington Indiana; actor/songwriter (Stardust). [1] December 1 Birth of Robert Welch found John Birch Society. [1] December 2 Birth of John Barbirolli English conductor (New York Philharmonic Orchestra). [1] December 4 Birth of Douwe Hermans Kiestra [Harm Harmstra] Frisian farmer/writer. [1] December 5 Birth of Sonny Boy Williamson [Aleck Miller] blues player. [1] December 6 Birth of Harry Buller Siege Willis son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith. [1] Birth of Nikolai Batalov Moscow Russia; actor (Mother). [1] December 8 Birth of James "Pigmeat" Jarrett pianist. [1] Birth of John Qualen Vancouver British Columbia; actor (Grapes of Wrath, The Searchers). [1] Birth of Sarah Williamson US missionary in Liberia. [1] December 9 Birth of Frans van Amelsvoort Dutch choir conductor. [1] Birth of Howard Freeman Helena Montana; actor (Double Dynamite). [1] Birth of Jean de Brunhoff France, children's book author (Babar the Elephant). [1] Birth of Leonie Fuller Adams US poetess (Those not elected). [1] December 11 Birth of Vera von der Heydt psychoanalyst. [1] December 13 Birth of Harold Guinzburg publisher (founder of Literary Guild). [1] Birth of Yusef Greiss composer. [1] December 15 Birth of Frank Vosper London England; actor (Man Who Knew Too Much). [1] December 16 Birth of Harold Walter Bailey philologist. [1] Birth of Sir Noel Coward playwright (In Which We Serve-1942 Academy Award). [1] December 21 Birth of Guy Wilkerson Texas; actor (Dead or Alive, West of Texas, Shootin' Iron). [1] December 22 Birth of Gustaf Gruendgens Duesseldorf Germany; actor/director (M). [1] Birth of Hoagy Carmichael Bloomington Indiana, pianist/composer. [1] Birth of Wiley Post Texas, aviation pioneer. [1] December 25 Birth of Frank Fergusson actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place). [1] Birth of Humphrey Bogart in New York, New York, USA; actor (Casablanca). [1] [5] Birth of Raphael Soyer artist (Arts and Letters 1945, Depression Scenes in New York City). [1] December 27 Birth of Paul Costello US, double sculls (Olympics-gold-1920, 1924, 1928). [1] December 31 Birth of Gaston Glass Paris France, film executive. [1] Birth of Silvestre Revueltas Santiago Papasquiaro México, composer (Sensemaya). [1]